Can we save the frozen continent’s unique fauna?
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Blog
Over the past decade, two, intertwined research agendas on international financial subordination (IFS) and subordinate financialization (SF) have proposed to identify how an increasingly finance-dominated global capitalism incorporates the (Semi-)Peripheries.
The IFS research agenda recognizes that a “subordinate” national currency comes with a risk premium increasing the costs of financing public debt – in other words, the current, US dollar-based currency hierarchy acts as a structural fiscal constraint in the Global South, limiting the scope for badly needed public investments. Foreign capital – in the form of foreign currency-denominated sovereign and private debt-, foreign aid, and foreign direct investment – is then touted as a solution to this artificial and unfair developmental constraint.
Bats, rats, fish, bivalves, and butterflies are just as important for ecosystems as apex predators.
The post The Big Impact Small Creatures Can Make appeared first on Nautilus.
The new estimate for how much heat we can tolerate makes rising global temperatures even more alarming.
The post Humid Heat Can Kill Us Much Faster Than We Thought appeared first on Nautilus.
In Kenya, a group of conservation scientists confront the cultural tradition of an indigenous tribe.
The post “The Killing of Animals Is a Matter of Pride” appeared first on Nautilus.
New earbuds can listen to your brain activity and monitor your health.
The post A Window on the Mind, Through the Ear appeared first on Nautilus.
Political Economy Seminar
Together We’ll Break These Chains of Love? The Community Ideal and the Multi-Criterial Economy
Presenter: Aaron Benanav, Syracuse University
Respondent: Dr Mike Beggs
Date: Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (AEDT)
Seminar via Zoom for University of Sydney staff, students and affiliates. For further information please contact John Clegg (j.clegg@sydney.edu.au) or Claire Parfitt (claire.parfitt@sydney.edu.au).
Ships carry mist-making machines that cause clouds to block the sun. It could work.
The post A Wild Idea to Protect the Great Barrier Reef appeared first on Nautilus.
Exploring outer and inner space with Lindy Elkins-Tanton.
The post A Mission to the Asteroid Psyche Is Her Dream Journey appeared first on Nautilus.
We're a step closer to diagnosing, tracking, and even treating the perplexing condition.
The post Long COVID Leaves Clues in the Blood appeared first on Nautilus.